Sri Lanka ready for First Asian VB Challenge Cup

The Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation has made all arrangements to host the First Asian Men’s Volleyball Challenge Cup from Saturday (15) to September 21 at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo.

The tournament will be conducted by the Asian Volleyball Confederation. The champions and runners-up of this competition will qualify for the Asian Men’s Championships to be held in 2019, the venue for which has not been decided as yet.

The opening ceremony will be held on Saturday at 3.30 pm with President Maithripala Sirisena as the Chief Guest.

This is the first occasion that an Asian Senior level volleyball tournament is being held in Sri Lanka.

The Sri Lanka team is being skippered by Chamara Mihiran of the Sri Lanka Army.

Prior to these two junior tournaments, one youth tournament and two Central Zone tournaments were held in the island.

Eight Asian teams will take part in the competition as follows: Group A: Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Saudi ArabiaGroup B: United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bangladesh, Iraq and Mongolia